(Open for Ideas) What kind of activity formats would you like to see Unioners doing?

[andytv22]

Respectfully the issue with the Unioners is not the faction itself but the person who leads it. People in this game want good and interesting interactions from players who are going to treat them right. Right now from what I can see and what I have heard is most of the players here dont like the 1ic. I honestly think the Faction Lead should re think his status here on the server and try to better himself. Everyone has an opportunity to grow and I am a perfect example of that. A few years ago i was a crappy person with a bad attitude and I like to think I have gotten better. With that some people actually enjoy RP or at the very least dont blow me off like they used to. Take some time to reflect on yourself and see what you can change. When that happens you will see a more active faction.

Cheers, and good luck!

OORP is a hell of a thing. We all have attitudes that rub people different ways. I'm going to answer this as seriously and fully as possible, as I've heard this opinion before and I think it's worth confronting it, even if the people who this opinion would be relevant to, are unlikely to take this on board in the manner with which it was wrote.

I accept I'm never going to be one of the most popular people in the community. However I am also the reason why Unioners exists. I've put in lots of time into creating ingame content and events.

So I've written out my opinions on the matter in full.

thoughts, compressed

I do reflect pretty consistently on why I'm disliked. It's because I'm temperamental. I'm quick to judge people who I think are giving other players a short stick. I dislike situations where people stonewall and go at them like a battering ram. That's not always the best solution. Nobody has any sense of superiority on that ground and if they believe they do, they're not exercising critical thinking skills. I am sympathetic to the fact that I can be an ass. There's an also an element of dislike of my Oorp life, which I am completely unsympathetic for. It's usually bound up in strange IRL political beliefs with no bearing on the ability of any of us to play the game. I ignore those attitudes out of hand and it's served me well so far.

Eventually a person has gotta come to terms with their own humanity. I am very honest with who I am and what I stand for. I won't lie for the benefit of individuals that it is an issue for.

Ultimately it doesn't matter to me if I'm liked or not. It's certainly not pleasant to be disliked, however, I have players that tell me every day that they value my input. That feels pretty good. It overwhelms the number of people who do have difficulties with me, and I do my darndest to listen to them too. What matters to me is if people are having fun. My sense of annoyance usually comes from situations where I believe fun has been impaired.

There is a significant community of players that like me. They're usually not big-names, they're usually not the people who everyone goes to for validation. That's not to say that longstanding community roleplayers have particular issues with me, far from it. The leaders of the Coalition, Junker Congress, Gaians, FL-ER, Core, RM, are all people who I can cite get on very well with me. Along with a myriad of individual roleplayers.

This is not a popularity contest. We all make mistakes and we all get complacent in self-regulation. The important part is to learn from it. Anybody who knows me in any particular detail knows that I don't blunder through my mistakes without critical self-analysis and regret afterwards. I'm lucky in that I do not have an unhealthy attachment to discovery. It's something that I do for recreation, dipping in and out depending upon what I want to achieve.


I genuinely dislike Oorp biases as they usually exist in echo chambers in faction discords and suchlike where the same opinions are bandied around. I'm aware I'm largely panned in a few particular discords, primarily because there's select members in there who do not like me, and post accordingly.


I encourage you to reach out. To communicate over discord or another instant messaging application your particular issues so they can be decided in a logical way. This all-or-nothing attitude has been a curse to Discovery for years, it's impacted the fun of many a player, and it even seems to exist independently of rule violations, who you are, what you do, any of it. It gives the impression of people being overtly emotively involved in the politics of what is ultimately a big game of dungeons and dragons.


I ultimately sympathise and get it. I've played stressfull games of dungeons and dragons where you go "Gee, I wish that player wasn't doing that, they're screwing the other person over". Communication was always the answer.

Discovery could do with a bit more openness when it comes to attempting to understand one another. I am not a person who will attempt to block you or pretend you do not exist if I don't like what you have to say. I'll always hear it.


I'm Tanith#0002 on discord. You know where to find me. I don't block people who offer opinions I don't like. I might occasionally lose my rag, but I'll certainly hear you out. I do have a sense of self-consciousnesses and I will change what I feel I can and should change.

At the end of the day, that's all we can do. Sometimes we've got to accept that personalities don't cohere and be okay with being different in our approaches to the game, whilst all being one with it.

I have to admit reading this response, it has a very diplomatic approach. I applaud you sir.